HMS Duncan passing through the Bosporous en route to the Gulf:

The Pentagon scheduled, then delayed, a briefing on the delivery of the Russian S-400 missile defense system to Turkey...

#UPDATE: Reports of Iron Dome missile defense batteries deployed in southern #Israel as preparations being made for possible flare up with #Gaza

Riots underway along the #Gaza border. Palestinians reporting small arms fire directed at IDF drones over #Gaza.

HMS Duncan departs the Black Sea https://t.co/gjKsDb2iT4

JUST IN: Robert Mueller's testimony to Congress may be delayed one week https://t.co/9qwsMPtoOr

#Barry still a sheared system. Shear will weaken a tad tomorrow, but it will run out of time to really get an inner core & hence not intensify rapidly. So it will be a lopsided system. That said, near, east and even south of the center still expecting A SIGNIFICANT…

Tropical Storm #Barry Advisory 9: Hurricane Hunters Report Barry is Strengthening. https://t.co/VqHn0u1vgc

Look like we caught one of the Russian Air Force plane delivering S400 in Mürted Air Base thanks to @planetlabs fabulous satellites (ground picture by @metesohtaoglu)

Two wildly diferrent systems, one teeny-tiny corner of the Gulf of Mexico. Center of #Barry now within 100 kilometers of where Katrina once lurked before her infamous landfall.

Chinese Army in civies appeared on their side of LAC & hoisted Red China Flags towards Indian side as an warning towards locals of the area near Damchok village of Ladakh in J&K when the local villagers were celebrating His Holiness Dalai Lama’s birthday:…

.@EsperDoD just now: "We are aware of Turkey taking delivery of the S-400, our position regarding the F-35 has not changed & I will speak with my Turkish counterpart Mr. Akar this afternoon so there will more to follow after that conversation." https://t.co/yb3GoRSpDW

#UPDATE: IDF jeep set on fire after rioters threw molotov cocktails towards it on the northern #Gaza border.

Israeli observation point in zaraaet said they saw an armed Hezbollah soldier with ATGM near the fence and that it's a routine by them in that area https://t.co/f1GZUvNvIE

A Storm Surge Warning is being issued along the immediate shore of Lake Pontchartrain & Lake Borgne. This will trigger a Wireless Emergency Alert that will extend into some leveed areas. If you get a warning alert, please consult this map to confirm whether…

#BREAKING: First reports of the death of a rioter near Rafah along the #Gaza border

Satellite derived wind intensity products for #TropicalStormBarry from RAMMB @ 53-52kt; current surface obs, note the offshore oil rigs w/ winds up to 55kts! #LAwx #MSws #HurricaneBarry @RyanMaue NHC fcst expects cat.1 Hurricane strength; Again... main threat…

#BREAKING: The US House of Representatives endorses a legal amendment designed to prevent Trump from taking military action against Iran without congressional approval

wtf https://t.co/SGFUYl1dTg

NEW: early storm surge south of Chauvin, LA ahead of Tropical Storm #Barry. This area will be under water later today and is under a mandatory evacuation. Up to 4 feet of storm surge possible in spots. NHC now forecasts a hurricane at landfall. Stay tuned…

Early storm surge as tide is on the increase ahead of Tropical Storm Barry south of Chauvin LA @breakingweather https://t.co/kYFPJNOVi5